The Conspirituality Report

Is #savethechildren Evolving?

A false story about UNICEF, pornography, and children

On June 3rd, the Christian-oriented tabloid Pulse.ng, based in Nigeria, published a story that grossly distorted a UNICEF discussion paper on the risks and benefits of children’s internet access, suggesting that the global agency is aiding and abetting pornography usage amongst children. The Pulse story rehashed an equally false May 13th report from the U.S. pro-life Christian think-tank Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam).

The Pulse article was shared and promoted by spiritual self-help author Danielle LaPorte to Instagram (256K followers) and Facebook (218K followers).

Laporte’s share extends a conspirituality theme that erupted in the summer of 2020. In the fall of 2020, the Oprah-boosted influencer invited her followers to contemplate issues exaggerated by the #savethechildren movement. #savethechildren served as the domesticated, “pastel” version of the QAnon global pedophilia conspiracy theory. In one September post, Laporte called child-trafficking a “pandemic” that is “not being talked about enough.” That post is now deleted. Laporte has disclaimed affinity with QAnon.